Numbers 14:42:5Num.14.42.W5TAB

בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם

bekirbekhem

in your midst

Transliteration
be-kir-be-KHEM
Extended
beh-keer-beh-KHEHM
IPA
/bəqir.bəˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
in your midst

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + קִרְ + בְּ + כֶ֑ם
be + kir + be + khem
bekirbekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-kir-be-KHEM

  2. clause

    al-TA-a-lu ki EIN Ye-ho-VAH be-kir-be-KHEM

  3. sentence

    al-TA-a-lu ki EIN Ye-ho-VAH be-kir-be-KHEM ve-LO ti-na-GFU lif-NEI oi-ve-KHEM

Exegesis

This is followed by the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ and the existential ein {אֵ֥ן | ʾên} ‘there is not’ linking YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ with the locative beqirbekhem {בְּקִרְבְּכֶם | bə-qir-bə-khem} ‘among you’.

Root and etymology

Rootqof-resh-bet

midst, inward part

In contextNumbers 14:42

Do not go up, because the LORD is not among you , lest you be struck down before your enemies.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:42, so the Hebrew word בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (bekirbekhem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.42.W5.S1) and character.